snow! yay or nay?

hollydolly said:
Surprisingly , given that we're the hottest part of the uk down here in the south East... we also get snow quite regularly in winter...

I like snow, but I hate having to shovel it..or drive in it... ( we don't have snow chains as a rule here)
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Do they salt/sand the roads there? I hope everyone has radial tires.
 

wcwbf said:
when the forecast is for snow (and we're all gonna DIE), there are always emergency meetings of chapters of The French Toast Club. they are held in supermarkets.

this is a Jersey guy!


just an observation, but... those who complain the most about the white stuff on the ground are sometimes those who could just as easily hunker down and wait for roads to be cleared. but NOOOOO, some seem to have the need to join the throngs out on the road to show how much they also don't know about driving in the stuff.

original neighbors were both teachers, so there were 3 outta 4 (not counting their kids) who generally had no need to go anywhere till roads were cleared. they made home-made pizza. we had one of those "beer meister" tap things in basement. one BIG storm, snow was drifted up fronts doors so you couldn't open from inside! there we were, balancing cold pitchers of beer, right out of the keg. had to go out back door, over fence to get to our front yard, then back over their fence to get to their back yard to get in their back yard. worth it? Hell, yeah!
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Most of the people driving in a snowstorm with terrible roads yet to be plowed are guys going to work. And the others are riding the bus or public transportation.
I was in Duluth, Minn one year and I was stuck in a motel for three days till they could clear the roads.
In the city they could only clear half the road at a time. There's nowhere to plow it.
There was a group of guys that knocked on my door and offered me their beer because they were heading out.
About an hour later they were back asking about their beer. I asked them what happened.
They told me they got to the entrance to the highway and one of those high speed plows buried them and they spent all that time shovelling with one shovel.
My young son had fun with a labelling machine we had bought. Labelled everything in the motel. Table, stove, television, toilet. I still laugh about that.
 
RadishRose said:
I do love a snowstorm. Snow is beautiful. It's the aftermath that stresses me now.

My condo maintenance crew plows our driveways and snow-blow the walkways, but we have to move our cars when the truck comes.

Remember playing and sledding all day in the snow? It was so much fun back then.
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same with me, I think snowfalls are beautiful but the aftermath is the most challenging for driving
and needing to get about, then it is a headache for me mostly...
 
Pinky said:
Do they salt/sand the roads there? I hope everyone has radial tires.
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No to both questions. They only salt the main road..motorways and A roads etc... suburban roads are rarely salted, and snow is never cleared from any roads.. including motorways...yes some people have radial tyres but most people don't change their tyres in winter.. so it's like a skating rink on the roads when there's snow and ice.. especially here in the countryside
 
It takes a rare snowstorm for the roads to not be quickly cleared in the Twin Cities metro area. It is amazing. If it is a big snowfall, then the next day, the roads are cleared. Overnight, the plows are already on the roads in force.

Do I like snow? Yes, as long as my wife and I are home, safely tucked away and have no need to be on the roads until it is all cleared and drivers have had all their accidents while getting used to winter again. :)

Tony
 
I always love the first snowfall. If they continue throughout the winter, they become less and less "lovely."

For the last few years, we have had very little snow. Usually, just one snowfall per winter. Things have definitely warmed up.
 
I liked the snow when I was a child, but that changed somewhat when I had to start driving. Now, being retired, I kind of like to see some snow, again. We just watch the weather reports, and get some extra groceries in advance, then watch it snow. Most of the time, we just get 1 to 4 inches, but there have been a couple of times where we had a foot, or more, and I had to spend most of a day clearing the driveway.
 
Yay as a child and when I became a Mom and knew my kids would be able to have a free school day to play in the snow.
Nay at my age now because I don't want my husband shoveling snow.
 
Gaer said:
Sorry, After you have hand shoveled as much snow as i have, it loses it's magic a little bit.
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I have noticed that it seems to be the "natives" around here who most dislike winter. Those of us "transplants" are often still enthralled. It was certainly weird to walk outside as an adult in winter and feel cold that is far, far below the temperature of our freezer. I have lived here since 1978 and still do like snow as long as I don't have to drive in it. But, then I do live in a condo and only have to sweep off my balcony. I did have a house for a number of years and did my share of shoveling snow. That is part of the reason we live in a condo - live in accordance with the weather - condo building where snow plows are contracted to shovel and clear the parking lot and sidewalks, and we own two underground heated parking spots and have a stall (as an amenity for all) to wash our cars off before parking if we so desire.

Tony
 
Knight said:
Nay Moved to the southwest so we could avoid the misery that others have described that goes along with snow. Have to admit that Christmas decorations look funny on cactus.
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My parents spent almost 30 half years as snow birds in Florida. Sometimes they’d send a postcard with them in a picture on a beach with decorated 🌴 trees or at a fancy restaurant eating Christmas dinner with strangers around. No snow! No family! But that’s what they liked.
 
Well, after living in northeastern Florida for 10 1/2 years, last year in August, we returned to Colorado. When we lived here before, it was 28 miles southeast of Denver for 5 1/2 years and went thru a number of snowstorms and a few total blizzards. One blizzard was pretty huge and got it the week of Christmas in 2006. It was called, The Holiday Blizzard. It dropped feet, not inches, of snow.

Anyway, we made it thru our first winter back. We even had a few inches last month (Sept) 8th, which was highly unusual. Winter/snow just happens to come with living in Colorado, just like humidity/heat/hurricanes/tropical storms and gators come with Florida. For us, we just prefer a Colorado winter to Florida and it's weather.

This year we have a garage, so no more taking snow off of our vehicle and our apartment complex takes care of the sidewalks and drives. Unless needed, we don't go out when it's heavily snowing. We have 4-wheel drive, 4-wheel lock and All-Terrain tires on our vehicle.

Hearing Bing Crosby sing White Christmas and, possibly, having Christmas "white" is very nice. That song sure doesn't go with living in Florida!
 
Knight said:
Nay Moved to the southwest so we could avoid the misery that others have described that goes along with snow. Have to admit that Christmas decorations look funny on cactus.
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